THE EFFECTS OF GOVERNMENT REGULATION ON TEENAGE MOTOR VEHICLE MORTALITY.
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Title
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THE EFFECTS OF GOVERNMENT REGULATION ON TEENAGE MOTOR VEHICLE MORTALITY.
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Identifier
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AAI8222963
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identifier
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8222963
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Creator
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MCCORNAC, DENNIS CHARLES.
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Contributor
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Michael Grossman
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Date
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1982
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Language
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English
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Publisher
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City University of New York.
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Subject
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Economics, General
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Abstract
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Motor vehicle accidents have long been one of the main causes of death for teenagers in the United States. Generally cited as an important contribution to these mortality statistics is the consumption of alcohol. Too often, however, in an effort to explain changes in mortality rates researchers have focused soley on the role of the minimum legal purchasing age and thus ignored other factors. The purpose of this paper is to fill this gap and examine in a multivariate context, the effect of highway, alcohol, social, and economic factors that contribute to mortality.;Using data for the years 1970-1975, cross-sectional regressions are run for three separate time periods which are termed Period 1, Period 2, and Period 3, for both white and non-white male and females. The first time period examines the effect of the independent variables on mortality prior to a change in a government regulation affecting the availability of alcohol while the second and third time period analyses examine both the immediate and longer run impact of such legislation. In addition, a pooled time-series cross-section analysis is undertaken for the same groups over the entire period.;The findings of this study indicated that reductions in the minimum legal purchasing age (MPA) have been a major contributor to high motor vehicle mortality rates in those jurisdictions which reduced the MPA during this period. In addition, those areas adjacent to lower MPA states also experience a higher mortality rate. The conclusions of this study indicate that efforts to raise the MPA would not only reduce mortality rates in the states implementing this increase but also would reduce mortality rates in the border states with an existing higher MPA. One potential policy suggestion is that to reduce the overall number of motor vehicle mortalities nationwide for the fifteen to twenty-four year old age group the minimum legal purchasing age be mandated at the national level. The payoffs to such legislation may be substantial.
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Type
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dissertation
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Source
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PQT Legacy CUNY.xlsx
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degree
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Ph.D.
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Program
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Economics
